Articles Tagged: Kim Reynolds

Also, governor signs butchery grant bill

State-funded child care expands as do parent work requirements and payments to child care centers

Statehouse Republicans who passed the bill say the federal labor department is working off old information or misunderstanding the legislation.

Democrats argue Republicans are intentionally underfunding education in Iowa, noting the state has a nearly $2 billion general fund budget surplus, full cash reserves and a Taxpayer Relief Fund projected to total nearly $3.4 billion by the end of next fiscal year.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 513 into law Tuesday, moving motor vehicle enforcement duties under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety.

Northeast Iowa’s 166-year-old Upper Iowa University is cutting 37 positions and closing seven of its more than 20 regional education centers due to dropping enrollment, shifting student needs, and headwinds facing all of higher education.

Iowa law provides new property tax exemptions for Iowans age 65 and older and for military veterans.

Gov. Kim Reynolds will sign a handful of bills on a tour across the state this week, holding public ceremonies to enact laws dealing with fentanyl, child care, vehicle enforcement and butcheries.

State officials have scheduled a series of webinars to teach Iowans about how to apply for state-funded financial assistance to attend a private school in the 2023-2024 school year. Applications for the Students First Education Savings Accounts will be accepted starting May 31 through June 30.

A look back at the top news stories from the week of May 8

Iowans who sue after being struck by a commercial vehicle would be limited to receiving $5 million for pain and suffering.

On the podcast this week, we take one last look at the legislative session, albeit a look forward this time; Iowa and Iowa State student-athletes being investigated for sports betting, quite the proposal from one of the Republican presidential candidates, and the main caucus card this weekend: DJT vs. RDS.

The lawsuit alleges the Reynolds administration violated Iowa’s Employment Security law.

Another bill signed into law creates punishments for ransomware attacks

The governor said she does not feel that reports of some Iowa private schools increasing tuition weakens the state’s new financial assistance program